discuss: Thread: Re: Recruiting Volunteers from LUGs

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On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, jdd wrote:

> a slashdot annouce will do the job, most if not all the lugs have 
> slashdot addicts

But will that be a way to permanently get us some more volunteers?  I 
think a /. announce will only have a very temporary effect.

Tille.

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On Wed, Jun 18, 2003, Machtelt Garrels wrote:
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> On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, jdd wrote:
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> > a slashdot annouce will do the job, most if not all the lugs have 
> > slashdot addicts
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> But will that be a way to permanently get us some more volunteers?  I 
> think a /. announce will only have a very temporary effect.

And possibly a high ratio of bad responses : good responses. I'm not
really familiar these days with the type of stories they post but a "LDP
in need of volunteers" story doesn't sound very slashdot to me.

If people do want to help me find technical reviewers that would be
excellent. I think you should feel free to post wherever EXCEPT that you
should be careful that your mail/notice is not seen as spam. Better to
err on the side of caution than to blanket mail every potential reviewer
under the sun. Try to get a feel for the guidelines of anywhere you
post. Perhaps follow David's suggestion and post to local LUGs.

-Mary

Mary Gardiner wrote:

>>>a slashdot annouce will do the job, most if not all the lugs have 
>>>slashdot addicts
>>
>>But will that be a way to permanently get us some more volunteers?  I 
>>think a /. announce will only have a very temporary effect.
> 
> 
> And possibly a high ratio of bad responses : good responses. I'm not

I don't see why an annouce: "LUGS, we need experts" would give a bad result.

however, my LUG is not a good example, apart me (a very casual LDP 
contributor) we host also our Guilhem Aznar... (CULTe, French Toulouse LUG)

jdd


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> a slashdot annouce will do the job, most if not all the lugs have
> slashdot addicts
>
>
> But will that be a way to permanently get us some more volunteers?  I
> think a /. announce will only have a very temporary effect.


Almost a year ago I offered long-term editing and publicity assistance 
through all OSDN sites, including Slashdot, Linux.com, NewsForge and 
freshmeat. I even offered to pay small  honoria ($25 - $50, anyway)  to 
help bring in new doc writers (without asking for any exclusive rights 
in return).

I still haven't gotten a response.

- Robin 'Roblimo' Miller
   Editor in Chief, OSDN

On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 02:17:19 -0500 (CDT) Machtelt Garrels ####@####.#### wrote:

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> On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, jdd wrote:
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> > a slashdot annouce will do the job, most if not all the lugs have 
> > slashdot addicts
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> But will that be a way to permanently get us some more volunteers?  I 
> think a /. announce will only have a very temporary effect.

You're correct. We've posted to /. in the past and it has done very
little (if anything) to help the LDP cause.

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Greg